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Posts tagged with 'Discrimination' and 'sports' at MetaFilter.Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:21:09 -0800Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:21:09 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Kye Allums Makes NCAA Historyhttp://www.metafilter.com/97230/Kye%2DAllums%2DMakes%2DNCAA%2DHistory
<a href="http://feeds1.nytimes.com/~r/nyt/rss/Sports/~3/gXdDJHQT4mo/02gender.html">Transgender Man Plays on Women's College Team.</a> A guard for George Washington University's women's basketball team is a transgender man. <a href="http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/allums_kye00.html">Kye Allums</a>, who was born female and has not undergone any hormone treatments, changed his name from Kay-Kay to Kye within the last year and was relieved not to lose his scholarship. "When people refer to me as 'girl' or 'she,' it doesn't sit well with me," Allums said. "That feeling you get when someone pisses you off, that feeling you get when your stomach gets hot and it aches, that's what it feels like. And that's how I know I'm not supposed to be a girl." On Nov. 13, he will be the first transgender person to compete in Division One college basketball, according to <a href="http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/component/content/article/24-people/338-transgender-man-to-play-for-womens-basketball-team">OutSports</a>. Opposing fans used to taunt Allums about his masculine build, but it backfired. "I love it," he said. "It makes me feel better about myself to hear them call me a man." tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.97230Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:21:09 -0800rcadeMale Discrimination?http://www.metafilter.com/14153/Male%2DDiscrimination
<a href="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=6082">Male Discrimination?</a> This issue has been building up for the last few years, ever since <a href="http://www.feminist.org/sports/titleIX.html">Title IX</a> has been enforced in high schools and colleges. Now a coalition of male athletes, primarily wrestlers, has sued the Department of Education for depriving men the opportunity to participate in collegiate sports (due to the lack of funds). Here are two contrasting perspectives of the Title IX issue: <a href="http://www.boundless.org/2000/departments/campus_culture/a0000169.html">The Myth of Title IX</a> and <a href="http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/rights/article.html?record=34">Mythbusting</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.14153Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:58:25 -0800jacknoseFemale kicker's chilling effect.http://www.metafilter.com/3812/Female%2Dkickers%2Dchilling%2Deffect
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55071-2000Oct21.html">Female kicker's chilling effect.</a> "Instead, the $2 million Mercer was awarded has given them two million reasons to question the risk of giving <i>any woman</i> a chance, especially at smaller schools where female players would otherwise be most likely to succeed." tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.3812Sun, 22 Oct 2000 09:05:02 -0800owillisWeak leg?http://www.metafilter.com/3514/Weak%2Dleg
<a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001003/sp/fbc_duke_female_kicker_5.html">Weak leg?</a> A female kicker is suing Duke University because she was cut from the team. She says it was because she's a woman, the coach says she wasn't as versatile as other kickers on his roster. With colleges passing illiterates through based on football skill, I'm skeptical that a coach would make a roster decision based on sex. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.3514Tue, 03 Oct 2000 12:24:16 -0800owillis